Locking mechanism for a housing and lock suitable therefor

A locking mechanism for a housing with a lid, comprising:

• first and second locks, each of which is allocated to a lock housing and is connected via a transmission element to a single push button;
• a freewheel arranged between each of the first and second locks and the push button which in cooperation with the first and second locks holds the push button in a pushed-down position until each of the first and second locks is in a correctly locked position;
• wherein each of the first and second locks includes pivotable locking hooks and a stopper allocated to one of the locking hooks;
• wherein a manually operated drive device is allocated to each of the first and second locks, the manually operated drive device pivoting at least one of the locking hooks, wherein the manually operated drive device is locked in position when one of the locking hooks is in an unlocked position, and wherein the manually operated drive device is released when one of the locking hooks is in a locked position;
• and wherein each of the freewheels couples the transmission element to a respective one of the first and second locks in a form-fitting or force-fitting fashion when each of the first and second locks is in the locked position, and interrupts the form-fitting or force-fitting coupling of said respective one of the first and second locks to the transmission element when each of the first and second locks is not in the locked position.